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UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE. y

JOHN H. ABRAHAM AND EDWIN K. MARTIN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVA- NIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE CONESTOGA CIGAR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

C|GARBUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,667, dated June 19, 1888.

' Application filed August 30, 1887. Serial No. 248,305. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. ABRAHAM and EDWIN K. MARTIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cigar-Bunching Machines, of which the following is a speciiication.

Our invention relates to improvements in cigar-bunching machines, in which a plunger works back of and under an opening in the door of the hopper to thrust the filling material out of said hopper onto a belt, roller, or other receptacle, and is an improvement upon an invention made by the said John H. Abraham, for which application for Letters Patent was made June 1,5, 1887, which application is known as Serial No. 244,211, and it consists iu the construction and combination of the various parts, asherein fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, which form a part of this speciflcation, in whicha Figure 1 is aside view of our invention,the side oi' the hopper and the inclosure beneath being cut away fromthe plunger-bearing plate upward to show the interior mechanism; Fig. 2, atop or plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 a top view of several differently-shaped formers.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

The hopper A is supported by the framework B, the rotating cylinder C, with its accompanying forming-belt D, as described in the specification of the aforesaid application, being located beneath the chute, with the necessary appliances for operating it. The bottom of the hopper is formed by the two plates a a2, the one a2 being separated asuitable distance from the lower one, a, at its center by the opening or space t', as shown in Figs. l and 2, but which are connected together by a vertical wall, a3, at each end. The part ai of the bottom is raised above the other part for the purpose ofallowing the door M to be hinged under it, and so as to allow au opening, X, to be formed through the side of the hopper, as shown in Fig. l, for the discharge of the tobacco by means of the plunger E. The opening@ allows the loose tobacco to fall from the this bed-plate the tobacco is pushed through the opening X. The horizontally and for! wardly working plunger E operates between the bottom of the hopper and the bed-plate a', upon which said plunger rests. This plunger is actuated by the belt f, connecting the treadle F with the gear-wheel G, which meshes with the rack e, projecting rearwardly from hopper upon the bed-plate a', and then from the plunger E, and passing around the jour.- .i nal e of the cylinder C and imparting motion thereto. There is also abelt, h, connecting and wound about the journal g of the gearwheel G, which actuates the agitator Llocated above the opening -z' in the bottom of the hop;

per. The plunger is retracted after its forward motion by a belt, K, passing over a pulley, k, and acted upon by the spring L.

In order to prevent the rack of the plunger from becoming disengaged from the gear-wheel G, there is a roller, Z, journaled to the frame and bearing upon it.

Pendent from the inner edge of the raised part a2 of the bottom and in the opening X there is hinged a swinging door, M, of such depth as to close the space between the plate a and bed-plate a' in front of the opening X in the side of the hopper and prevent the accidental escape of material. When the plunger is moved forward by the depression of the treadle, the fillers in front of it between the bottom and bed-plate a push the gate outward, and they are thus permitted to fall into the chute. The withdrawal of the plunger is effected by the spring L, as previously mentioned. The forward end of the plunger is also provided with a removablyattached former, It.

Formers of different shapes can beused,.as may be desirable. If it is preferred that the cigar be proportionably large at the center, the front of the former presents a concave face and drives more of the lliug material out of the center of the delivery-opening and less at the sides, while if the cigar is to be which may be attached to the plunger by screws passing through them and engaging threaded holes in the face of said plunger,

can be removed at any time and others sub- The throw of the plunger cau be regulated.

by removing or loosening the gear-wheelG, setting the plunger horizontally, and thena'eplacing the gear-wheel in place in engagement with the rack e.

No claim is made in this application to any of the devices, construction, or arrangement of parts shown in the application filed by J. H. Abraham, July 13, 1867, Serial No. 244,211, as the device therein shown constitutes a separate and independent invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-n 1. The combination, in abunching-machine, of the hopper having its bottom formed of the two plates a a2 and provided with an opening, i, between the two plates, the bed-plate a', a swinging gate which closes the opening X in the side of the hepper, the plunger provided with a rack, and which forces the tobacco from the bed-plate through the opening in the side of the hopper, a gear which meshes with the rack of the plunger, a belt connected with the shaft of saidgear, the stirrer and a belt for operating thesame, a spring for retracting the plunger, a device for rolling the lller in the binder, and a treadle which is connected to the belt which passes around the shaft of the gear which operates the plunger, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the hopper having its bottom formed of the two plates a at2 and having an opening, i, between the plates for the discharge of the tobacco, and an opening, X, through its side under the plate a, through which the tobacco is forced by the plunger, the bed-plate a',- upon which the tobacco falls from the hopper, and a stirring device placed in the -hopper, the belt for operating the stirrer, the plunger provided with a rack, the spring connected to the rear end of the rack, a gear for moving the plunger, a device for rolling the filler in the binder, the treadle, and the belt f, which connects the treadle with the shaft g, substantially as described.

3. Thecombinatiou, inabunching-machine, of the hopper having its bottomformed of the plates a ct'l and having the opening t' between the plates, and anopening, X, through its side for the discharge of the tobacco by the plunger, the stirrer yplaced in the hopper, and a belt for operating it, the bed-plate placed a suitable distance below the bottom of the hopper, upon which the tobacco falls through the opening i, and the swinging gate located in the opening X, and whi'ch keeps the tobacco in position upon the bed-plate, with the plunger provided with a rack, a gear for operating the rack, the spring for returning the plunger to position, and belt extending from the shaft of the gear to the treadle, the treadle, and the device for rolling the filler in the binder, substantially as set forth.

JOHN HfABRAHAM. EDWIN K. MARTIN.

Witnesses: i

J oHN W. APPEL,

WM. R. GERHART. 

